Carpenter School

Adams elementary used to be one of the best and most competitive school in Midland. However it’s quality of education has dropped substantially in recent years. Hopefully the new principal with teachers would be able to bring back the passion& love & responsibility to teach the kids. There seem more unqualified teachers in the school & also lack effective commutation channels between school/teacher & parents. Wish the best for Adams.

It is one those schools who relied on past experience to show that it is the same school. It has had an influx of young teachers that has brought down the overall experience. They lost that mentoring approach with young teachers. My children has had several teachers in the school. The average years of experience between the teachers averaging less than ten years each. With over half of them with less three years each. I was told that one of the teachers that they just brought in mid year 2020-2021 school year has been at three different schools in three years. I am still trying to figure out their specials teachers. They seem to be switched out year to year. Art, Music, band, language arts. The library, gym and cafeteria are new, the rest of the build does show it's age.

This school caters to Midlands Elite and sees everyone else as second class citizens. There is no support for special needs, students of color, LGBTQ or students who are getting bullied. If you're child gets bullied by a kid who is considered "Midlands Elite", good luck getting any kind of resolution until its too late. You can focus in test scores all you want but if you want a mentally healthy child, look elsewhere.

It's been a year since we switched to private school and frankly my wife and I are still apalled at some of the stories our daughter tells us after finishing first grade. A gym teacher should never tell a student that was in tears because they were just hit by another student and getting ganged up and picked on by a group of others that they need to toughen up and go run 5 laps while crying. There is so much developmentally wrong with that. We have had 0 problems from the teachers and students at our daughter's new school. No physical violence and no bullying. Our daughter enjoys going and the teachers are kind.

We moved over from public school 3 years ago and haven't looked back. Our child is thriving in the environment, both academically and socially. The school offers a Biblical Worldview in all its teachings and looks at the overall